retraçant

\ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃\

/\ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“retraçant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,332
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de retracer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retracant · retraçant · French

retraçant · rank #28,332 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,332
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retouche

Nearest frequency peer: retouche (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « retraçant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « retraçant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

retraçant vs retracent
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for retraçant
PropertyValue
Headwordretraçant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,332
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retraçant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retraçantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « retouche » (#28,331), « revendiquant » (#28,333), « retombé » (#28,330). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retraçant » est au #28,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around retraçant (IPA \ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,332 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de retracer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for retraçant, with forms such as "ertraçant", "rertaçant", and "retarçant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "retracent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is retraçant, spelled R-E-T-R-A-Ç-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de retracer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how retraçant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Guide conférencier attaché à exhumer les pièces retraçant l’histoire de ces demeures incluses dans la soixantaine d’îlots dénombrés, Frédéric Chasseboeuf poursuit ses recherches (notamment à travers les actes notariés) commencées voilà plusieurs années et qui s’inscrivent dans la trame des travaux précurseurs de Monique Moulin, dans les années 1970.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertraçant
  • rertaçant
  • retarçant
  • retraaçnt
  • retracant
  • retraçannt
  • retraçantt
  • retraçatn
  • retraçnat
  • retrraçant
  • retrçaant
  • rettraçant
  • rretraçant
  • rteraçant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retraçant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ertraçant2rertaçant2retarçant2retraaçnt2retracant1retraçannt1retraçantt1retraçatn2
Edit distance from "retraçant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retraçant"?
"retraçant" is spelled R-E-T-R-A-Ç-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃\.
What does "retraçant" mean?
As a verb, "retraçant" means: Participe présent de retracer.
What words are commonly confused with "retraçant"?
"retraçant" is commonly confused with "retracent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retraçant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retraçant" is \ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retraçant" come from?
"retraçant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retraçant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list